Sullivan - Pocket Rough Guide Berlin

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ROUGH GUIDES CREDITSAuthor: Paul Sullivan Editor: Neil McQuillian Layout: Pradeep Thapliyal Cartography: James Macdonald Picture Researcher: Phoebe Lowndes Photographers: Diana Jarvis, Roger dOlivere Mapp Proofreader: Anita Sach Managing Editor: Monica Woods Production: Jimmy Lao Cover Design: Nicole Newman, Chloe Stickland, Pradeep Thapliyal

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The Author

Paul Sullivan is an itinerant British writer and photographer whos been based in Berlin since 2008.His words and images have appeared in The Guardian, The Sunday Times Travel, The Telegraph and National Geographic and hes authored several guidebooks for publishers like Time Out, Hg2, Cool Camping and Wallpaper*, as well as a couple of books on Icelandic and Jamaican music. He runs local travel site www.slowtravelberlin.com and also runs photography tours in the city. This is his first Rough Guide.

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Acknowledgements

Paul Sullivan would like to thank Laura Harker for additional research and writing. Thanks also toNicola Brown and Lewis Bush for their assistance on this title.

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Introduction to Berlin

Of all todays European capitals, Berlin carries the biggest buzz. In the two and ahalf decades since it was reunified, the city has developed into a heady meld ofgrit and glamour thats vastly different from anywhere else in Germany or the restof the world for that matter. Its edgy cultural and fashion scenes, burgeoningnightlife and radical anti-gentrification agenda regularly make global headlines, asdoes its reputation as poor but sexy a term coined by former mayor KlausWowereit and quickly adopted as the citys unofficial motto.

The crackle of youthful energy that characterizes much of the inner city especiallyareas such as trendy Mitte (Spandauer Vorstadt and around), student-heavy Friedrichshainand artist and expat haven Neuklln mingles incongruously with the scars of Berlinsless glamorous past. Holocaust memorials, concentration camps and a wealth ofthought-provoking museums, such as Daniel Libeskinds celebrated Jewish Museum, joinbullet holes and empty spaces to provide visitors with constant reminders of the horrorsof National Socialism and World War II. The fragments of the Berlin Wall, scatteredaround the city like broken concrete teeth, testify to its painful division sometimesstill reflected in the mindsets of the citys formerly divided neighbourhoods, many ofwhich have retained their pre-reunification identities.